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Through baby steps, women of Andhra Pradesh’s Araku Valley are being taught about maternal health

An initiative to reach healthcare services to pregnant women and new mothers in the underdeveloped the tribal region has seen a measure of success.

Basudev Mahapatra
· Jul 24, 2018 · 11:30 pm
‘It’s our god, our mother’: For Odisha’s tribes, preserving forests is key to a sustainable future

Access to naturally grown forest produce would go a long way in protecting tribal communities in Odisha from the worst impacts of climate change.

Basudev Mahapatra
· Dec 20, 2017 · 11:30 pm
Community radio stations in Odisha are making women’s issues heard – and people are listening

Programmes on gender inequality and against stigmas suffered by women has effected a positive change in rural communities.

Basudev Mahapatra
· Oct 23, 2017 · 09:30 pm

After forcing POSCO out of Odisha, betel leaf farmers have to wage another war to reclaim their land

The formal closure of the steel giant's project is seen as a victory of agrarian economy over unwanted industrialisation.

Basudev Mahapatra
· Mar 27, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Vanishing villages: Disease and poor healthcare have caused large-scale migration in Niyamgiri

Five of 10 villages listed in official records in the Niyamgiri hills have now been reclaimed by the forest.

Basudev Mahapatra
· Feb 12, 2017 · 09:30 pm
Why the Shankaracharya of Puri stayed away from the Rath Yatra

A battle that began over whether devotees would be allowed to climb aboard the chariots has ended up pitting religious authorities against one another.

Basudev Mahapatra
· Jul 01, 2014 · 07:33 am

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Basudev Mahapatra

Through baby steps, women of Andhra Pradesh’s Araku Valley are being taught about maternal health

An initiative to reach healthcare services to pregnant women and new mothers in the underdeveloped the tribal region has seen a measure of success.

Basudev Mahapatra · Jul 24, 2018 · 11:30 pm

‘It’s our god, our mother’: For Odisha’s tribes, preserving forests is key to a sustainable future

Access to naturally grown forest produce would go a long way in protecting tribal communities in Odisha from the worst impacts of climate change.

Basudev Mahapatra · Dec 20, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Community radio stations in Odisha are making women’s issues heard – and people are listening

Programmes on gender inequality and against stigmas suffered by women has effected a positive change in rural communities.

Basudev Mahapatra · Oct 23, 2017 · 09:30 pm

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Vanishing villages: Disease and poor healthcare have caused large-scale migration in Niyamgiri

Five of 10 villages listed in official records in the Niyamgiri hills have now been reclaimed by the forest.

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Why the Shankaracharya of Puri stayed away from the Rath Yatra

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